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QUANTUM ANNOUNCES GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF NEW 10,000 RPM
ATLAS 10K AND 7,200 RPM ATLAS IV DISK DRIVES
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Tue, 4 May 1999 08:55:18 -0400
May 3, 1999
QUANTUM ANNOUNCES GENERAL AVAILABILITY OF NEW 10,000 RPM ATLAS 10K AND
7,200 RPM ATLAS IV DISK DRIVES
Industry's first Ultra 160/m SCSI drives offer top performance,
reliability
and manageability for today's most demanding applications
MILIPITAS, Calif., May 3, 1998 - Quantum Corporation (NMS:QNTM) today
announced general availability of its 10,000 RPM Atla(tm) 10K and 7,200
RPM
Atlas(tm) IV, the industry's first Ultra 160/m SCSI disk drives. Both
drives offer exceptional performance, reliability and manageability for
data-intensive server, workstation and storage subsystem applications,
such
as those utilized by video broadcast professionals, as well as
corporate
enterprise developers.
Quantum is shipping the new drives to the company's nationwide network
of
leading industrial and commercial distributors. The company also has
delivered evaluation units of both products to OEMs, and has completed
broad compatibility testing with leading system platforms, operating
systems and host adapters. Additionally, Quantum is beginning volume
shipments of these products to major system and server vendors.
"With the availability of the Atlas IV and Atlas 10K, businesses can
now
benefit from two storage products that are specifically designed for
today's high-end applications through exceptional drive performance,
high
capacities and unsurpassed drive reliability," said Marlin Miller, vice
president of Quantum's workstation and system storage group.
The Quantum Atlas10K and the Quantum Atlas IV are among the first hard
drives to offer 36GB capacity in a half-height, 3-1/2-inch form factor,
as
well as18GB and 9GB capacities in a low-profile, 1-inch-high footprint.
Just as significant, both drive families support the advanced data
integrity capabilities, blazing bus transfer rate, and breakthrough
data
manageability features - such as the ability to intelligently test and
manage end users' storage networks - inherent in Ultra160/m SCSI
interface
technology.
"In order to provide customers with the outstanding manageability and
flexibility of the Ultra 160/m interface, we are integrating Quantum's
new
Atlas IV and Atlas 10K hard disk drives into our GigaSTOR/160 storage
enclosures," said Jack Corrao, vice president of engineering at
ANDATACO.
"ANDATACO's Ultra 160/m storage enclosures will offer backward
compatibility with existing SCSI, making it easy for customers to
benefit
from the new high-performance Atlas hard disk drives."
Quantum's Atlas IV Offers Outstanding Price/Performance
The Quantum Atlas IV drive family provides outstanding
price/performance
for a broad spectrum of high-end storage applications that are
cost-sensitive, yet still require high drive capacities, excellent
performance and uninterrupted data availability.
Besides its 7,200 RPM rotation, the Quantum Atlas IV features a 6.9 ms
average seek time, 257 Mb/sec maximum internal transfer rate, and the
same
rugged reliability as the Quantum Atlas 10K. With the Atlas-class
architecture on a cost-effective platform, the Quantum Atlas IV is
targeted
for the same storage environments as the three previous generations of
Atlas products. They include mainstream server, workstation, and
storage
subsystem applications such as file/print and email servers;
engineering
and graphics workstations; and relational databases and data
warehousing.
Quantum's Atlas 10K Targets Today's Most Demanding Applications
The Quantum Atlas 10K drive family delivers lightning-fast data access
and
sustained data streams critical for data-intensive server, workstation
and
storage subsystem applications. These applications include online-line
transaction processing (OLTP) computers, large-scale ISP server
installations, 3-D image rendering, and broadcast video systems. The
Atlas
10K meets these high-performance requirements through its 10,000 RPM
rotation, 5 ms average seek time, and 315 MB/sec maximum internal
transfer
rate. The Quantum Atlas 10K offers 36GB capacity in a half-height,
3-1/2-inch form factor, as well as 18GB and 9GB capacities in a
low-profile, 1-inch-high footprint.
Pricing and Availability
The 9GB and 18GB capacity drives for the Atlas IV and Atlas 10K are
available today, and the 36GB capacity drives will be shipping soon.
Manufacturer's suggested retail prices for the new Quantum drives are:
Atlas IV Atlas 10K
9GB $595 $795
18GB $895 $1,195
36GB $1,495 $1,995
The Atlas IV and Atlas 10K today are available through Quantum's
distributors, which include Arrow ICP, Bell Microproducts, Gates Arrow,
Marshall, Wyle Systems Group, Synnex, Ingram Micro and Ingram and
Globelle
in Canada.
About Quantum
Founded in 1980, Quantum Corporation (www.quantum.com) is a diversified
mass storage company committed to achieving customer satisfaction
through
high quality and reliability. Quantum is the highest volume global
supplier
of hard disk drives for personal computers, a leading supplier of high
capacity hard drives and the worldwide revenue leader among all classes
of
tape drives. Quantum sells a broad range of storage products to OEM and
distribution customers worldwide. Quantum's sales for the fiscal year
ending March 1999 were $4.9 billion.
Quantum Corp., 500 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, Calif. 95035,
www.quantum.com,
408 894-4000
# # #
Quantum and the Quantum logo are trademarks of Quantum Corporation,
registered in the United States and other countries. Atlas IV and 10K
are
trademarks of Quantum Corporation.
The foregoing statements regarding future technology, products
incorporating that technology, the anticipated performance,
capabilities
and estimated availability of future products, as well as the potential
market acceptance and impact of the new products are forward looking
statements and actual results could vary. Factors which could affect
actual
results include the success of the ongoing technology development
efforts,
the ability to successfully integrate new technology into products in a
cost-effective manner, the ability to successfully manufacture and
distribute new products at sufficient volume, quality and reasonable
cost,
the timing of new product introductions, competition and the
significant
uncertainty of market acceptance of new products.
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